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The New York Times Book of Mathematics: More Than 100 Years of Writing by the Numbers

Edited by Gina Kolata, Foreword by Paul Hoffman





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From the archives of the world's most famous newspaper comes a collection of its very best writing on mathematics. The New York Times Book of Mathematics gathers more than 110 articles written from 1892 to 2010 that cover statistics, coincidences, chaos theory, cryptography and many other topics. Edited by Pulitzer Prize finalist and senior Times writer Gina Kolata and featuring renowned contributors including James Gleick, George Johnson, John Markoff and more, it's a must-have for any maths and science enthusiast!

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Publisher | Union Square & Co.
Published date | 4 Jun 2013
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Format | Hardback
Pages | 496
Dimensions | 229 x 152 x 0mm (L x W x H)
Weight | 0g
ISBN | 978-1-4027-9322-6
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BISAC | mathematics / essays


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